Reply #4: When Mika's hosting an afternoon news show she's actually pretty good. [View All]

[Mike Daniels]

First for foremost, Morning Joe is a "morning" show albeit one that tries to present itself as focusing on news vs. fluff. As such, like any morning show everyone has a role to play and Mika's role is the female sidekick who has her "showcases" such as her editorial discusssion segment.

Granted, Joe is a blowhard who overpowers anyone else trying to get a POV in that may not be in line with his. That said, he does know the politcal "game" and I do find his insight on how the game is played to be informative if not exceptionally "deep".

I will give him credit for calling out the Republican embrace of the birthers or "paranoid conspiracy freaks" (Joe stated that the "Rs'" need to have more Castle's if they want to regain leadership) and on Thursday he did seem to side with Gates on a certain level in regards to how the whole situation went down.